Summary
Is a world without violence possible? Violence blights the lives of countless individuals each year. The Crime Survey of England and Wales suggests there were 1.2 million incidents of violent crime in the year ending March 2020. Sonia Sodha focuses on one category of violence – gender-based violence – and assesses the global progress in tackling this issue. Statistics show that most perpetrators – and victims – of violent crime are men. As a result, many violence prevention initiatives have traditionally focused on reducing men’s propensity for violence. But how effective is this gender-based approach? And does it provide any clues for the best way to reduce violence in society as a whole? Presenter: Sonia Sodha Producer: Dan Hardoon Production Coordinators: Maria Ogundele and Jacqui Johnson Sound: James Beard Editor: Hugh Levinson
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| 0:42.0 | Thanks for downloading analysis. the podcast about the ideas behind the news. |
| 0:46.0 | In this edition, Sonia Soda examines the root causes of violence in society |
| 0:51.0 | and asks whether a world without violence is possible. |
| 0:55.0 | The news at the moment is dominated by military conflict, |
| 1:00.0 | but in the last couple of years a different kind of violence closer to home has also made headlines. |
| 1:07.0 | The murders of several women in public spaces have prompted a national conversation about how to tackle male violence against women. Today evening officers arrested a serving Metropolitan Police officer in connection |
| 1:24.6 | with the disappearance of Sarah Everett. |
| 1:27.6 | Police say two sisters found dead in a park in northwest London nearly a week ago were |
| 1:32.2 | murdered by a stranger. |
| 1:34.0 | Biba Henry was 46 and Nicole Smallman was 27. |
| 1:38.0 | A community in shock at the death of another young woman on the streets of London. |
| 1:42.0 | Sabina Nessa's body was discovered in Cator Park in Kidbrook on Saturday afternoon. |
| 1:47.0 | These killings have affected us all. |
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